Smash & Grab - DCAA Poised to Gain Access to Contractor Internal Audit Reports
The Defense Contract Audit Agency (“DCAA”) has long sought access to contractors’ internal audit reports in connection with the routine audit of contractors’ business systems. Contractors have, in most...
View ArticleSmash & Grab Redux - Congress Seems to Give DCAA Permission But Forgets to...
Last month we wrote about a provision in the proposed 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) that would have given the Defense Contract Audit Agency (“DCAA”) statutory authority to demand a...
View ArticleFree Trade Agreement Updates for 2012
2012 saw several updates with regard to free trade agreements (“FTAs”) between the U.S. and its international trading allies. The most notable of these was the U.S.-Korea FTA (“KORUS”), but several...
View ArticleCountry of Origin for Computer Software - U.S. Customs Finally Sheds Some...
One of the most perplexing questions that has plagued the government contracting community in recent years relates to the country of origin for computer software. Where most government procurements...
View ArticlePlaying Cards With a Government That Stacks the Deck - D.C. District Court...
On March 30, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a decision imposing certain socio-economic contract requirements on subcontractors operating hospitals associated with the...
View Article"Buy American" Compliance Tips
1. There is no single “Buy American” requirement – there are numerous statutes with differing requirements. Make sure you know which one applies....By: David Gallacher
View ArticleThreats and Vulnerabilities - What Every Contractor Should Know About The...
Nearly three years ago, on September 27, 2010, the President signed into law the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (“Jobs Act”), which directed the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) to implement a...
View ArticleFree(er?) Trade - US, EU and Canada Quibble Over Market Access and Domestic...
The US is generally pretty keen on international free trade agreements. And why shouldn’t it be? After all, free trade agreements have the ability to open up foreign markets to US goods and services,...
View ArticleSCOTUS: No Unlimited Suspension of the Statute of Limitations Under the False...
In an opinion released May 26, 2015, Kellogg Brown & Roots Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Carter, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that whistleblowers cannot extend the statute of...
View ArticleWhew! That Was Close – D.C. Circuit Reaffirms Application of Attorney-Client...
On August 11, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a writ of mandamus supporting the robust applicability of the attorney-client privilege and attorney work product doctrines in...
View ArticleTrade Agreements Act Updates for 2016 – New Year, Lower Thresholds
Every two years, the U.S. Trade Representative updates the dollar values at which certain international trade agreements apply to certain types of U.S. government contracts. This means that certain...
View ArticleLook Before You Leap – Pitfalls and Tripwires Inherent in Government Contracting
Accepting money from the Government, whether through a contract, grant, or other transaction, does not come for free. In the commercial world, companies typically engage in a cost/benefit analysis when...
View ArticleCross Your Heart and Hope to Die – New DFARS Clauses Target Counterfeit...
On August 2, 2016, the Department of Defense (“DOD”) rolled out new requirements for defense contractors that provide electronic parts and assemblies containing electronic parts. The new rules impose...
View ArticleBuy American and Hire American – New Executive Order Promises to Put American...
On April 18, President Trump signed a new executive order (EO) at a ceremony in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The EO is entitled “Buy American and Hire American” and focuses on these two themes, with the...
View ArticleSmash & Grab - DCAA Poised to Gain Access to Contractor Internal Audit Reports
The Defense Contract Audit Agency (“DCAA”) has long sought access to contractors’ internal audit reports in connection with the routine audit of contractors’ business systems. Contractors have, in most...
View ArticleSmash & Grab Redux - Congress Seems to Give DCAA Permission But Forgets to...
Last month we wrote about a provision in the proposed 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) that would have given the Defense Contract Audit Agency (“DCAA”) statutory authority to demand a...
View ArticleFree Trade Agreement Updates for 2012
2012 saw several updates with regard to free trade agreements (“FTAs”) between the U.S. and its international trading allies. The most notable of these was the U.S.-Korea FTA (“KORUS”), but several...
View ArticleCountry of Origin for Computer Software - U.S. Customs Finally Sheds Some...
One of the most perplexing questions that has plagued the government contracting community in recent years relates to the country of origin for computer software. Where most government procurements...
View ArticlePlaying Cards With a Government That Stacks the Deck - D.C. District Court...
On March 30, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a decision imposing certain socio-economic contract requirements on subcontractors operating hospitals associated with the...
View Article"Buy American" Compliance Tips
1. There is no single “Buy American” requirement – there are numerous statutes with differing requirements. Make sure you know which one applies....By: David Gallacher
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